Learn how to start your fund in Europe 📈
This is what former participants say:
One cohort already enjoyed the Fund Starter Academy. Here is their feedback:
The academy helped me enormously! 😃
The Fundstarter Academy showed me that launching my own fund is not an unattainable dream. The combination of in-depth expertise and direct exchange with experienced industry professionals has helped me enormously. Thanks to the Fundstarter Academy, I will launch my own fund in 2026, something I could not have achieved on my own.
Invaluable contacts! 👋🏻
The Fundstarter Academy is just the thing if you are planning to set up your own fund in the long term. You will learn how to develop your fund idea and gain the knowledge you need to be successful as a fund initiator, from the initial idea to distribution. You will also gain access to the who’s who of the German fund scene and a network of international value investors. The contacts I have made through the Fundstarter Academy are invaluable. In my opinion, the Academy offers the best value for money in the German-speaking market. What Tilman Versch and his team have built up there is unique and highly recommended!
What will you get at the Fund Starter Academy?
The academy is tailored to your needs and helps you to learn how to launch a fund:
A small group 💫
Focus on your questions ❓
Exclusive online session 💻
Ambitious participants 💪🏻
High engagement 😃
Physical get-togethers 🍻
How did former particpants like the Academy?
Here is additional feedback from participants:
Extremly valueable 💶
The Fund Starter Academy 2025 was extremely valuable for me. I was able to understand the entire process of launching a fund from A to Z and gained a lot of practical insights. It was particularly helpful to exchange ideas with the other participants, hear their different ideas and learn about their specific challenges. If you are serious about launching a fund or managing money for third parties, there is hardly a better investment than the Fund Starter Academy.
Perfect place to develop your fund idea! 😃
Tilman’s Fund Starter Academy is the perfect place to refine or develop your own fund idea in direct exchange with professionals from the fund industry.
The experts take the time to address your concerns and give you honest and accurate feedback!
At the same time, the curriculum covers the entire spectrum from fund launch to marketing and investor outreach.
A must-attend course for anyone thinking about setting up their own fund!
Your Fund Starter Academy agenda
The Fund Starter Academy will evolve around your questions:
Your dream fund – Pitch your concept!
We will use the first session to introduce all participants to each other by pitch everyone’s dream fund. We will also walk you through the agenda and identify relevant questions
Legal framework & location & costs & fees & financing
How do different locations compare to each other?
Why is this location right for me?
How should I think about costs and fees?How should I structure my fund fees?
European markets deep dive
During this week, we are diving deeper into several European markets. Based on the interest of our participants, they can get to know the conditions for running a fund in several European markets, like Luxembourg, Germany, UK or Switzerland.
10 learnings from launching and scaling a fund I
You can join a Q&A with a community member who recently launched a fund. During this Q&A you can learn from this launch experience.
10 learnings from launching and scaling a fund II
You can join a second Q&A with a community member who recently launched a fund. During this Q&A you can learn from this launch experience.
Strategies for winning customers💫
Who can I win a customer for my product?
How can I build a clear profile for my customers?
How will my early investors be different from later-stage investors?
Customer expectation 😃
Two professional allocators join you to discuss questions, like: What do my customers want from me?
How can I reach them the right way?
How should I think about the sales structures for my product?
The final questions ❓
We close the Fund Starter Academy by pitching the dream funds again. Furthermore, chances to share feedback and all remaining questions.
Your fund questions will be answered by
These experts will guide you through the Fund Starter Academy:
Investment fund setup specialist 🏗️
Christian Meyer-Vahrenhorst is an independent partner for all aspects of a fund project. Whether you want to launch a new fund, have your current fund set up checked for market conformity, or are looking for a new fund company, he is an expert and partner in the objective search for the best solution.
Unlock your fund’s growth potential 🚀
Susanne Schönefuß accelerates fund growth with her proven 3-step strategy, designed to streamline client acquisition and boost fund volumes. With deep expertise in marketing and sales, she combines 25 years of industry experience with cutting-edge AI tools to create customized solutions that drive real results.
How is the Fund Starter Academy different?
Our focus makes us different:
Fund Starter Focus
The Fund Starter Academy has a clear focus on the needs of fund starters. Every element of the teaching is designed for you.
How was the Fund Starter Academy rated by participants?
Here is additional feedback from participants:
A great starting point 🛫
The fund starter academy is a great starting point for those interested in managing money. It provides critical basics from regulation to structuring and marketing. You will meet like-minded investors and also experts who can support you on your journey. The value you get for the money you pay makes it a true value investment.
Your additional Plus community benefits
The Fund Starter Academy is embedded in the Plus community. This gives you a ton of additional advantages:
Network online & offline 👋🏻
You can network offline and online by joining our meetings, conferences, and online events.
Watch exclusive videos 📼
You get access to several video libraries with recordings of past events. These videos are community exclusive.
Learn in our book club 📚
You can join our two monthly book club. Here, we discuss investing books – often with the authors.
Access expertise 💡
You get easily access expertise of our members and the know how of external guests.
Meet members globally 🌍
You can tap into a truly global network and find members nearly everywhere you go.
Join long-term thinkers 📈
In the community you will meet members with a long-term mindset. We invest for years.
What Plus members say about the community
Here you can enjoy more voices from our investor community:
Highly value additive ➕
An essential building block for successful investing is questioning one’s own point of view. For this, the exchange with good people is essential. With the community, a network has emerged that covers precisely this aspect and thus delivers high added value.
The investing community I was looking for 😃
The community is the best I have joined so far. There is an open, honest exchange about companies, investment ideas and strategies. Ever since I started investing 15 years ago, I’ve been looking for a home to have high-level discussions. With Good Investing I found it!
Gives motivation and great ideas 💡
Exchanging ideas with other fundamentally oriented investors gives motivation and great suggestions. Good Investing brings together a lot of really good investors and is, therefore, a really good community for me.
What can you enjoy in a year Plus?
This is what you could enjoy within one year:
Join idea meetings 🍻
You can join or run in-person idea meetings throughout the whole year. There, you can casually network with other members.
Join bi-weekly online events 💻
We are hosting educative and fun bi-weekly online events for all our members globally. You can join them with one click.
Join our blook club 📚
A special online format is our book club. You can discuss community-selected investing books here – sometimes even with the author!
Get help to start your fund 📈
You can join the Fund Starter Academy every year in Q1. Here you get help to start your fund by hand-picked experts.
Idea exchanges 💡
We are starting the year with a special format: Online idea exchanges run by our members to discuss interesting stocks.
Join our birthday month 🎉
In March, we are hosting our birthday month with special guests. In the past, Guy Spier, John Huber, Chris Mayer or Dennis Hong joined us.
Conference @ Berkshire Hathaway 🤠
The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting and we are running a 150+ member conference in the AGM week. Join us in Omaha!
US Tour 🇺🇸
After the BRK AGM conference, you are invited to join several meetings in the US and meet other members during our US tour.
Networking at Eigenkapitalforum 🇩🇪
In November, we are organizing comunity events around the largest capital markets conference in Europe, the Eigenkapitalforum.
Join our Xmas party!🎄
You are kindly invited to join our Xmas party to close the year with a fun meeting 😊.
Secure a great deal for you today!
You can join the academy and the Good Investing Plus community for this yearly membership fee:
What happens after your application?
You will get community access in three easy steps:
Are we a fit for you? 😊
We want to make sure that we are a fit for you. Therefore, we will review your application. Sometimes, we might ask for more information via e-mail.
Onboard easily ☎️
You will be invited for an onboarding call to make your onboarding easy. There, we will answer all additional questions you have and walk you through Plus.
Get value! 😃
You can start networking with other investors now. You will also receive helpful and fun guidance to easily support your community journey.
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